Fjalar Kuningas by Johan Ludvig Runeberg

"Fjalar Kuningas" by Johan Ludvig Runeberg is an epic poem published in Swedish in 1844. King Fjalar vows to abandon warfare, but a seer's prophecy threatens his family with a curse of incest. To prevent this fate, Fjalar casts his infant daughter into the sea. Years later, his son Hjalmar embarks on a journey across the waters, unaware of the tragic destiny awaiting him. Drawing on Oedipus and romantic sagas, this Nordic tale explores honor, fate, and unavoidable doom. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Runeberg, Johan Ludvig, 1804-1877
Translator Kiljander, K., 1817-1879
Title Fjalar Kuningas
Note Wikipedia page about this book: fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuningas_Fjalar
Credits Produced by Matti Järvinen and Tuija Lindholm
Reading Level Reading ease score: 59.7 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.
Language Finnish
LoC Class PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures
Subject Poetry
Category Text
EBook-No. 16211
Release Date
Most Recently Updated Dec 11, 2020
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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